FWST: TCU position outlook: Playmaking required from defensive backs
BY CARLOS MENDEZÂ cmendez@star-telegram.com
The Star-Telegram takes a look at the 2016 TCU football team position-by-position as the season approaches. The first game is at 7 p.m. Saturday vs. South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
TCU returns three of its secondary starters from a year ago, and it could have been four. But cornerback Julius Lewis suffered a non-contact injury in workouts before spring training, and he’ll miss the year.
The Horned Frogs were looking forward to pairing Lewis, who started four games and had seven tackles in the Alamo Bowl, with a healthy Ranthony Texada at cornerback. Instead, they will turn to freshman Jeff Gladney, who won the job in spring training coming off a redshirt season that allowed him to rehab an injury.